Blue Jackets star Patrik Laine confused by benching: “I thought I was playing good…I guess I thought wrong”

Patrik Laine broke his scoreless drought, posting a goal and an assist through two-plus periods of action. Despite his success on the scoresheet, Blue Jackets head coach John Tortorella benched him for the
final 6:53 of regulation and all of overtime during the team’s 5-4 loss to the Florida Panthers.

The 22-year old was a bit confused by the coach’s decision following the game.

“Um, yeah, I got scored on a couple times, but I think the first two — if you take out the one play where the puck was bouncing a little bit and couldn’t get it out and they end up scoring — I thought I was playing good, but, I guess, I thought wrong,” said Laine.

To make matters worse, the team had a 4-1 lead midway through the third period, and ended up on the wrong end of things for their eighth loss in their past 10 games.